STRATEGY 2010 - 12 - National HE STEM Programme

1. 2 PROGRAMME Vision, Mission AIMS and AND Values OBJECTIVES
To contribute to
the development of
a national Higher
education STEM sector
which:
• Engages
collaboratively to
increase and widen
participation
• Promotes, supports
and champions the
STEM disciplines, and
• Is increasingly
responsive to the
skills needs of both
employers and
employees
In order to support the
development of a strong,
diverse and sustainable
workforce that will meet
the economic needs
of the UK for the 21st
century.
Key objectives designed to support
achievement of this aim are:
1. To develop infrastructures
which enable the higher
education and employment
sectors to offer a collaborative
and sustainable supply of lifelong-learning
opportunities to
support the UK workforce from
school, during university and
within the workplace.
2. 2. To develop innovative
and transferable models and
programmes of activity across
the disciplines of Chemistry,
Engineering, Mathematics
and Physics, relating to
access, skills development
and employer engagement
through the integration and
strategic development of
existing activities, initiatives
and resources, that will offer
demonstrable long-term benefit
to the higher education sector.
3. To broker and facilitate the
community-wide sharing and
dissemination of good practice
in relation to higher education
STEM activities, education and
employer engagement.
4. To establish a culture of
sustainable collaboration
within the national higher
education STEM sector by
working in partnership with
HEIs, employers, professional
bodies, and existing and future
initiatives and organisations.
5. To act as a catalyst for
institutional change so that
the National HE STEM
Programme may be embedded
within the higher education
sector to create a long-term
and sustainable programme of
activity.
6. To develop an efficient, effective
and adaptable programme of
national activity that responds
to emerging sector needs,
national and devolved policies
and priorities, and offers a high
quality experience to all who
engage with it.
6 National HE STEM Programme Strategy: 2010 - 2012